Wittenberg University - Witt Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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THE 020 WITTE BERGER Mary Catherine Bissinger Myldred Bitter Mary Ellen Christopher Louise Holl Lucile Shatzer Arrow and Mask lfagn on Wittenberg college campus in 1925 The purpose of the organization 3 1S to promote friendship scholarship character and activities and in 'Q , - that, membership in Arrow and Mask recognizes girls who have lived ga 5 3 RRDW AND MASK, the senior women's honorary society, was founded ------'r ' xl CJ? v C12 ,. 395 ,gwf- ..', up to such standards. Tap Day is held each year in May. This is the day on which all new members are chosen. The old members don their white robes and masks pinned by a small gold arrow. A procession is then formed in the hollow of the campus, where students have gathered to witness the ceremony, and from the midst of these students, representative junior women are selected. The members of this organization keep record of all the activities of all the students, and see that they are within the restrictions of college majors and minors. This society has full charge of the annual Founders' Day program. There are five members of this organization. Lucile Shatzer is president of Arrow and Mask, a senior representative of VVomen's League council, secretary of Women's Athletic Association, and vice-president of student chest board. Myldred Bitter is editor of the Witt, and president of the Press and Journal. Louise Holl is a senior representative of WOmCIl,S League council, a member of Women's Debate squad, and president of Pan-Hellenic council. Mary Ellen Christopher is vice-president of Young WOmCl1lS Christian Association, and president of Euterpea. Mary Catherine Bissinger is president of Young VVomen's Christian Association. Faculty members of Arrow and Mask are: Dean Ruth Immell, Miss Georgia McPherson, and Miss Rose Cadwgan. Page Twenty-nine 0F PIIUGRESS

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Tl-IIE O30 Wl'lTE BERGER OF PIIUGRESS Skull and Chain i Rudolph Walborn Earl Schneider James Price Herbert Veler KULL AND CHAIN, senior men's honorary fraternity, was founded on the Wittenberg campus in 1922, and has existed since then as perhaps the finest way in which honor is conferred upon those to whom honor is due. Membership in Skull and Chain, coming as it does at the end , , of the collegiate career, signifies preeminence in scholarship, activities, ' 1 and campus popularity-preeminence sustained through four years of constant testing and analyzing in the laboratory of undergraduate life. Q . . 9 f sl The group is purely honorary, justifying its existence-per se- by its very existence rather than by engagement in any activity. The group is self-perpetu- ating, its membership thus being without the pale of political bickering which might creep into selection by a popular elective process. Each year, usually in May, the organization sponsors a Tap Day ceremony at which the members for the following year are chosen. The seniors enrolled in Skull and Chain throughout the year 1928-'29 are: Earl Schneider, james Price, Rudolph Walborn, and Herbert Veler. Each of these men has had a meritorious and diversified record and richly deserves the high honor of membership in Skull and Chain. Earl Schneider is president of Boost Wittenberg Association and Blue Key, national honorary fraternity. He is a member of Pick and Pen, Scroll and Quill. the lnterfraternity Council, and Tau Kappa Alpha. In his junior year he was editor of the Wittenberger. Mr. Schneider was a varsity debater and has been chosen class orator. james Price has been one of Wittenberg's outstanding gridiron luminaries for three years, a baseball letter man, and a member of Blue Key. He was for two years a member of the Student Chest board and has been one of the most popular students at the college. Rudolph Walborn is a member of the Boost Wittenberg Association, Blue Key, and Scroll and Quill. He has been a member of the orchestra for three years, Y. M. C. A., and Student Chest board. Mr. Walborn is editor-in-chief of the Torch. Herbert Veler has been manager and president of the Student Chest board. He was president of the junior class, senior class play manager, and a member of the Boost Wittenberg Association and Blue Key. He has been a member of the XYitt staff for three years. P Page Twe ty e ght

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THE 020 WITTE BERGER Senior Class History Dorothy Francisco Arvine Ulrich Irene XVente Ruth Hadeler Arthur Mahr U HE Class of 1929. The historian sighsefor in the four fleeting years since September, 1925, much has transpired which he must chronicle. vi He might properly contend that the class began its existence when it .ii., ,Q held its first duly constituted meeting. At that meeting the following omcers were elected: joseph Keyser, presidentg Anna Lee Engle, vice- - president: Mary Catherine Bissinger, secretary: and XYilliam Hodge, treasurer. The second semester of the year 1925-'26 found the freshmen unadorned with the traditional red caps, by virtue of a frosh victory in the annual fight with the sophomores. Came the next year. Attaining the status of blase and cynical sophomores the class elected Gerald johnson, presidentg Margaret Menges, vice-president, Mary Ellen Christopher, secretaryg john Pettit, treasurer, and Sheldon Grant, sergeant-at-arms. The class entertained devotees of the terpsichorean art with a sophomore dance near the close of the second semester. During the next year the administrative staff was composed of: Herbert Veler, president: Mary Ellen Christopher, vice-presidentg Dorothy Francisco, secretaryg Irene Wente, treasurerg and Carl Stockli, sergeant-at-arms. Members of the junior Class made their theatrical debut on February 7, 1928, when they presented The Patsy. Roland Kemper was business manager of the play. For the management of the 1928 Wittenberger the class chose Earl Schneider editor-in-chief, and Gerald Johnson, business manager. Godfrey Beaumont and Louise Holl were co-chairmen of the committee which supervised the junior- senior prom sponsored by the class. And now, seniors. Guiding the class ship of state are: Arvine Ulrich, presi- dent: Dorothy Francisco, vice-president: Ruth Hadeler, secretaryg Arthur Mahr, treasurer: Irene VVente, sergeant-at-arms. Herbert Veler was business manager of the Senior Class play, The Rear Car. The production, staged by a group of talented players, more than sus- tained the reputation the class had acquired through their splendid interpre- tation of The Patsy. The class of 1929 graduates leaving behind it a legend of immortal deeds, and a roster of campus celebrities. ,MM or PIIUGIZIQSS